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title: hateful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hateful» in the school dictionary: Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hateful

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**Who acts:** Full hate, Calling, website, villain, She, her · **What happens:** deserve, hate, say, show, call, be · **To what, where:** hate, him, hateful thing, hateful comments, hateful words, hateful messages · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«hateful» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [hateful in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hateful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:m1:1
# text = Very unpleasant and deserving to be hated: «a hateful thing to say».
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hated	hate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V that S»: clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Full of hate, showing hate towards others: «hateful messages».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:m2:1
# text = Full of hate, showing hate towards others: «hateful messages».
1	Full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund | Full hate *not said here* | hate |  |  |  | towards others | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hate=Patient towards other=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: informal, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Horrible, nasty: «this hateful rain».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:m3:1
# text = Horrible, nasty: «this hateful rain».
1	Horrible	horrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Calling him names was a hateful thing to do.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x1:1
# text = Calling him names was a hateful thing to do.
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Calling | a hateful thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The website removes hateful comments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x2:1
# text = The website removes hateful comments.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	website	website	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	comments	comment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | the website | hateful comments |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comment=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The villain in the play was truly hateful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x3:1
# text = The villain in the play was truly hateful.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the villain in the play |  |  |  |  | hateful, truly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She regretted her hateful words and said sorry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x4:1
# text = She regretted her hateful words and said sorry.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	regretted	regret	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regret** | past | She | her hateful words |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If you see hateful messages online, tell an adult.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x5:1
# text = If you see hateful messages online, tell an adult.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | hateful messages |  |  |  | online *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What a hateful, rainy day!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x6:1
# text = What a hateful, rainy day!
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hateful:x7:1
# text = The safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	safeguards	safeguard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hateful	hateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the safeguards of virtue |  |  |  |  | to those; hateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **safeguard** |  |  | virtue |  |  |  |  | nom safeguard «act transitive»: of=patient |

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